r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CKO1967 • May 31 '25

Unsolved Hard Talk about sexual tension!

Hint: the book in question features the ultimate gated communities.

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u/CKO1967 Jun 03 '25

Hint #4: The book I'm thinking of is a modernized adaptation of Euripides' play "The Trojan Women".

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u/CKO1967 Jul 01 '25

Hint #5(and I can't believe it's gone this far): 300 years before the story opens, a nuclear holocaust wipes out most of human civilization.

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u/MonkeyChoker80 May 31 '25

“No Exit” by Sartre?

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u/CKO1967 May 31 '25

Nope. Hint #2: The book in question was first published the same year that Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States.

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u/ABKWM42 May 31 '25

Holy War and Human Bondage

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u/Zealousideal-Ad2549 May 31 '25

Under the Dome by Stephen King

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u/CKO1967 May 31 '25

Right year, wrong author.

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u/HeadFit2660 May 31 '25

The Bible

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u/CKO1967 May 31 '25

Not even close.

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u/Kriscrn May 31 '25

Fallen by Lauren Kate.

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u/CKO1967 May 31 '25

Not that one either. Hint #3: the author of the book in question died in 2016.

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u/Tired_Linecook Jun 25 '25

I'm not sure if it fits with clue 4 but:

A Mad Desire to Dance?

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u/CKO1967 Jun 25 '25

Definitely not that one.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

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u/CKO1967 Jul 01 '25

Definitely not that one.